About 100 apartments and as many as 300 people were affected Tuesday night after a housing complex -- powered fully by electricity -- lost power.It happened around 530pm at the the Prospect Terrace in East Pittsburgh. An on-site shelter was created in an empty room on the bottom floor to keep numerous residents warm.Allegheny County Emergency Services say that a power pole failed, and Duqesne Light worked to fix the outage.About three hours later, the power was restored.

EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. —

About 100 apartments and as many as 300 people were affected Tuesday night after a housing complex -- powered fully by electricity -- lost power.

It happened around 530pm at the the Prospect Terrace in East Pittsburgh. An on-site shelter was created in an empty room on the bottom floor to keep numerous residents warm.